John Diehl: movies and TV shows
John Diehl has 128 credits in the archive: 89 films and 39 TV series, from 1980 to 2025. Highest rated: Snowfall (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1980 – 2025 · busiest year: 1996 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Train Dreams | Billy | Film | 7.3 | 75 |
| 2025 | John Candy: I Like Me | Self - Actor, Stripes (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 75 |
| 2022 | Dark Winds | B.J. Vines | TV | 7.5 | 72 |
| 2022 | Armageddon Time | Fred Trump | Film | 6.4 | 72 |
| 2020 | La Sirena | Nino | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 2020 | Serpent in the Bottle | Marvin Decker | Film | 2.5 | 70 |
| 2018 | Castle Rock | John | TV | 7.2 | 68 |
| 2017 | Snowfall | Colonel Robert McDonald | TV | 8.4 | 67 |
| 2017 | Out of the Wild | Henry McBride | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 2016 | The North Star | Master Anderson | Film | 5.0 | 66 |
| 2015 | Forever | Neil | Film | 5.7 | 65 |
| 2014 | A Long Way Off | Film | 5.9 | 64 | |
| 2013 | Almost Human | Edward Kennex | TV | 7.4 | 63 |
| 2013 | Singularity Principle | Jack Brenner | Film | 5.5 | 63 |
| 2012 | Scandal | Ray Dwyer | TV | 7.2 | 62 |
| 2012 | Apartment 1303 3D | Detective | Film | 3.6 | 62 |
| 2012 | The Obama Effect | Steve Warren | Film | 2.5 | 62 |
| 2011 | Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe | Rear Admiral Lawrence | Film | 6.4 | 61 |
| 2011 | Natural Selection | Abe | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Arthur Dunbar | TV | 7.9 | 60 |
| 2010 | Road to Nowhere | Bobby Billings | Film | 5.7 | 60 |
| 2009 | Lie to Me | Charlie Everett | TV | 7.9 | 59 |
| 2009 | Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas | Sheriff Larabie | Film | 3.8 | 59 |
| 2009 | Follow the Prophet | Ted | Film | 4.5 | 59 |
| 2008 | The Lucky Ones | Tom Klinger | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 2007 | Women's Murder Club | TV | 7.8 | 57 | |
| 2006 | Friday Night Lights | Richard Sherman | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 2006 | Jericho | Governor Trader | TV | 7.4 | 56 |
| 2006 | Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise | Jerry Snyder | Film | 6.9 | 56 |
| 2006 | Hidden Places | Frank Wyatt | Film | 7.7 | 56 |
| 2006 | The House Is Burning | Mr. Garson | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 2006 | The Far Side of Jericho | Cash Thornton | Film | 4.9 | 56 |
| 2005 | Point Pleasant | David Burke | TV | 6.8 | 55 |
| 2005 | Down in the Valley | Steve | Film | 5.9 | 55 |
| 2004 | Land of Plenty | Paul | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 2004 | I Pass for Human | Ex-husband | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Isaac Keller | TV | 7.8 | 53 |
| 2003 | Bookies | Vincent | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 2003 | Dragnet: Sticks and Stones | Dr. Rupert Miles | Film | — | 53 |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Doyle | TV | 7.2 | 52 |
| 2002 | The Shield | Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy | TV | 8.2 | 52 |
| 2002 | Tully | Mal "Mac" MacAvoy | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 2001 | The Guardian | Fortunato | TV | 7.1 | 51 |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Senior Doctor | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 2001 | The Zeros | Burl | Film | 4.3 | 51 |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | Cooper | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 2001 | Falling Like This | Eddie Gallagher | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 2001 | Falling Like This | Film | 5.0 | 51 | |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine | Mr. Lawson | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 2000 | Lost Souls | Henry Birdson | Film | 5.1 | 50 |
| 2000 | Fail Safe | Col. Cascio | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Claypool | TV | 8.3 | 49 |
| 1999 | Get Real | Harris Forman | TV | 7.7 | 49 |
| 1999 | Anywhere but Here | Jimmy | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 1999 | Purgatory | Badger | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1998 | The Hi-Lo Country | Les Birk | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1998 | The Rat Pack | Joe DiMaggio | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 1998 | Amanda & the Alien | Colonel Rosencrans | Film | 4.6 | 48 |
| 1998 | Monument Ave. | Digger | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1997 | Con Air | Poe's Lawyer (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1997 | Fire Down Below | Frank Elkins | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1997 | Most Wanted | Police Captain | Film | 5.4 | 47 |
| 1997 | The End of Violence | Lowell | Film | 5.4 | 47 |
| 1997 | Casualties | Polito | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | Albert foss | TV | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1996 | The Pretender | Sheriff Delmont | TV | 7.4 | 46 |
| 1996 | Profiler | Toby 'The Wick' Wood | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1996 | A Time to Kill | Tim Nunley | Film | 7.4 | 46 |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | TV | 8.2 | 46 | |
| 1996 | Foxfire | Mr. Buttinger | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1996 | Female Perversions | Jake Rock | Film | 5.1 | 46 |
| 1996 | The Grave | J.C. Cole | Film | 5.3 | 46 |
| 1996 | The Destiny of Marty Fine | Deke | Film | 4.5 | 46 |
| 1996 | Managua | Film | 5.0 | 46 | |
| 1995 | JAG | Jack Raglan | TV | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Joe | TV | 7.7 | 45 |
| 1995 | Nixon | Gordon Liddy | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1995 | Mind Ripper | Alex | Film | 4.3 | 45 |
| 1995 | Three Wishes | Leland's Dad | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1995 | Buffalo Girls | General Custer | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1994 | ER | Johnson's Son | TV | 7.8 | 44 |
| 1994 | Stargate | Lieutenant Kawalsky | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1994 | The Client | Jack Nance | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1994 | Almost Dead | Eddie Herbek | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1994 | The New Age | Lyle | Film | 5.6 | 44 |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Wilson Pinker Rawls | TV | 8.4 | 43 |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue | Joe brady | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1993 | The John Larroquette Show | Chris | TV | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1993 | Falling Down | Dad (Back Yard Party) | Film | 7.4 | 43 |
| 1993 | Gettysburg | Pvt. Bucklin | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1993 | Remote | Delbert McCoy | Film | 4.9 | 43 |
| 1993 | The Paint Job | Father | Film | 4.6 | 43 |
| 1992 | Mikey | Neil Trenton | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 1992 | Mo' Money | Keith Heading | Film | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1991 | Kickboxer 2: The Road Back | Jack | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1991 | Whore | Derelict | Film | 5.3 | 41 |
| 1991 | Motorama | Phil | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1991 | Eddie Dodd | TV | — | 41 | |
| 1991 | A Climate for Killing | Wayne Paris | Film | 4.0 | 41 |
| 1990 | MadHouse | Fred | Film | 5.4 | 40 |
| 1990 | The Dark Side of the Moon | Philip Jennings | Film | 5.2 | 40 |
| 1990 | Cool Blue | Clayton | Film | 4.6 | 40 |
| 1988 | In the Heat of the Night | John sevrance | TV | 7.6 | 38 |
| 1988 | Monsters | Miles Magnus | TV | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1988 | Glitz | Teddy Magyk | Film | 5.0 | 38 |
| 1987 | Walker | Stebbins | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1987 | The Hanoi Hilton | Murphy | Film | 5.4 | 37 |
| 1987 | White of the Eye | Mr Dupree | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | Vernon Toulane | TV | 7.4 | 37 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Kevin Delahanty | TV | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Tim | TV | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Larry Zito | TV | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1984 | Angel | The Killer | Film | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper | Det. Larry Zito | Film | 7.8 | 34 |
| 1983 | National Lampoon's Vacation | Assistant Mechanic | Film | 7.1 | 33 |
| 1983 | D.C. Cab | Head Kidnapper | Film | 5.2 | 33 |
| 1983 | Joysticks | Arnie | Film | 4.5 | 33 |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | TV | 6.9 | 32 | |
| 1982 | Cassie & Co. | Gelson | TV | 5.3 | 32 |
| 1982 | Hysterical | Taxi Driver | Film | 4.5 | 32 |
| 1982 | The Ambush Murders | Ferguson | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1982 | Leon's Case | Leon Bernstein | Film | — | 32 |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Gus Wallach | TV | 5.6 | 31 |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | TV | 7.6 | 31 | |
| 1981 | Escape from New York | Punk | Film | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1981 | Stripes | Cruiser | Film | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1980 | Falling in Love Again | Beaver (1940's) | Film | 5.8 | 30 |
| 1980 | A Cry for Love | Film | 10.0 | 30 |